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WOMEN AREN'T FRIGHTENED BY POLITICAL TASK Voters’ League Resolution Says Gentler Sex Ought to Share Burden. The Indiana League of Women Voters passed a resolution at Its March board meeting held In Indianapolis which evidences Its belief women should take their share of the hard work in polities. * The resolution urges women to be candidates in the May primaries for precinct committeemen and states that it believes women should “undertake their share of political drudgery.” Reports of campaign experience? will be featured on the program of the third annual convention to be held In Lafayette, May 9 to 11. The resolution reads as follows: “In view of the fact the political organizations rest on the precinct committeemen as a foundation and it is the duty of women to undertake their share of political drudgery, be it resolved all the leagues be asked to urge strongly women run for precinct committeemen, promising the support of the league In their campaigns—Democrats working for Democratic women candidates and Republican league members for Republican women candidates.” While the league went on record as thinking it highly desirable properly qualified women should seek election to the State party conventions and to the State Legislature. It lays special stress by this resolution on the need and the advisability of women showing an interest in precinct elections and doing their share of precinct work. This was no empty resolution of advice to other women which the givers would not follow. Miss Helen Benbridge of Terre Haute, who presented the resolution, has already filed as a candidate for precinct committeeman and several other members of the State board announced their intention of doing so. Invitations sent to the primary senatorial candidates from the Indiana League of Women Voters should Insure a most entertaining evening for the first session of the annual convention to be held at Lafayette May 9-11. Over the signatures of Mrs. Walter B. Greenough. Indianapolis, chairman, and Miss Helen Benbridge, Terre Haute, vice chairman, letters of invitation have gone to each primary candidate for the office of United States Senator asking him. if h* should be successful in the primaries May 2, to speak on the Tuesday evening program of the league the following week. This will give the successful Democrat and the successful Republican senatorial candidate each a chance to fire the opening gun of his campaigu and to do it before a general audience of Interested women. The invitation was sent March Id to Albert J. Beveridge, Harry S. New, lxnnard Sniveler. Samuel Ralston,. Dan Sitn, Jesse Sanders and Charles Howard, and reads as follows: "The Indiana League of Women Voters will hold its annual convention at the Hotel Fowler. Lafayette, from May 9 to May 11. The convention will open with a mass meeting on Tuesday evening, May 9. to which the general public is invited. “The league, although, nonpartisan in character, is vitally Interested in all phases of politics. You are a candidate for the nomination for United States Senator, sublect to the Republican primary. If you become the nominee of your party for Senator, will you give us a thirty-minute address at this mass meeting? The successful Democratic nominee will be Invited to speak at the same meeting. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, national president of the League ot Women Voters, wilt be on the program with von. “We hope you will consider farorably this opportunity to open your campaign for the senatorial election at our convention. May we hear from you at your earliest convenience?”

~ PUSS TN BOOTS. JR. I By DAVID CORY. j Fuss kept thinking over what the little girl's lather had said about being a sort of Knight of the Round Table. *Tt isn't i a bad Idea.” thought Puss, "and if I eould but meet some of those famous ' knights, what wonderful adventures I would have! Suddenly, as If in answer to hts wish, a knight clad in bright armor rode In sight, and when he saw Puss Junior he drew rein and cried-: "Sir Cat, tell me thy name. Methinks I have met thee before.” "I am Puss In Boots Junior," answered our small hero. "No doubt It Is my father whom you have met.'* “ 'TIs more likely,” replied the knight, ‘‘for you are too young. Then he dismounted and sat down beneath a tree, for they were In a forest. Puss Junior also sat down and looked wLh so much admiration at the knight that the latter laughingly said: “When we have rested we will go together throngh the wood. Mayhap we will meet with some adventure!" Ton may well Imagine how delighted Pugs Junior was at hearing this. And pretty soon the knight arose and mounted his steed, helping Puss behind him. "And now, fellow comrade, I’ll tell thee my name: 'tls Launcelot of the I.ake'This almost took Puss Junior's breath away. The noble Sir Launcelot! "I hope I may prove myself worthy of your friendship,” said Puss in a low voice. And then, all of a suddep, they came upon an archer hiding behind a tree. “A was an Archer, and shot at a Frog” —Hold on, my good man." cried Sir Launcelot. “I have not the time to bear you recite the Mother Goose alphabet. Tell me, what town is that yonderway?” “Sir.” replied the archer, “ 'Us Bramblebush Town/ because there lives the man who scratched out both his eyes by jumping into a bramblebush. And that castle is called the Castle of the Briers for the same reason.” ‘‘And who Is the lord of yonder fine castle?” asked Sir Laauncelot. “A wicked lord, my good sir knight," replied the archer. Setting spurs to his horse. Sir Launcelot rode off toward the Castle of the Briers. “Let us go and encounter this wicked lordling,” laughed Sir Launcelot. "At our hand is an adventure.” Well, by and by they came to a long bridge which reached to the island where lay the town of Bramblebush. Now, the great hoofs of their horse made a noise like thunder on the planks, and this made the keeper of the bridge run out of his little house. “Turn back!” he cried. "Who dare travel over Bramblebush Bridge!” And then he seised their horse by the rein, which so infuriated Puss Junior that he drew his sword and pricked the hand of the keeper so that he let go the rein. -At which Sit Launcelot langhed and spurred his steed forward, leaving the keeper to bind up his hand. And next time you shall .hear what happened after that. —Copyright, 1822, David Cory. (To Be Confirmed.) ; - Music Notes An Interpretative piano recital will he given at the home of Mrs. Lillian Carr Greene, 1311 University Court, at 8 o’cloek tonight with the Drama Club as guests. Miss Roberta Manville will tell the story of Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" and the following pupils will play the two suites written by Greig for the drama: Norma Heuer, Thelma Schlegel, Neil Firestone Virginia Whitlock, Mrs. Carl Rnsh. Mi! deed Smith and Martha Orris. After the Ibsen-Greig program there will be a short ydtil from other composers.

ORGANIZES CANADIAN VOTERS

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TORONTO, Canada, March 23. —Mrs. Sidney Small, member of the city .-oun til of Toronto, and Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president of the National League of Women Voters, have just completed the organization of Canada's first league. Mrs. Small is now heading a movement to orgauize branches in all of the provinces of Canada.

FINDING NAME FOR JOB ISN’T ’ AN EASY TASK Mrs. Emily Xewell Blair Finally Labels Self *Resident Committeewoman.’ Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By CONSTANCE PREXEL. WASHINGTON, March 24.—Mrs. Emily Xewell Blair, who came from Joplin, Mo., to take charge of Democratic women's activities at Democratic national headquarters here, has decided she would call herself "Resident Comniitteewoinau.” The difficulty was to find a title to fit her position because. In view of the “fifty-fifty" plan of the Democratic pa , women are on the same plane with ,ufn and Mrs. Blair did not wish to seem to draw a distinction between women's and men s Importance. But she told the writer “resident committeewoman" would meet the situation and that Is what she will be during the congressional campatgn so nearly on the way In all the States. Mrs. Blair will be here to advise Democratic women all over the country and to organize Democratic women's clubs. Over In Republican national headquarters Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton Is organizing Republican women and now has an able -assistant in Mrs. Louise Lodson of Des Moines, lowa. WELL FITTED ' FOR HER TASK. Mrs. Blair is peculiarly fitted for her task. When Chairman Hull was asked why he had selected her he replied, “because the women wanted her.” The Democratic women of Missouri wanted her as their national cotnmltteeworaen so badly they raised $1,00) by dollar subscriptions so she could serve. With such a backing Chairman Hull thought she would be a happy choice fo r Democratic women's representative in Washington. Mrs. Blair Is the happy wife of Harry Wallace Blair, a lawyer In Joplin, Mo., and has a son and daughter In their 'teens away at S' hool. What’s more, she did not go Into suf’rage or politics because of discontent with her home, because the flrßt thing she ever did which created notice was a series "letters from a contented wife" published in a prominent magazine some years ago. In telling about It to the she said her husband was greatly flattered by them until he found the magazine was advert|slug them as part of their “summer fiction number.” MRS. BLAIR IS NO FAULT FINDER. Unlike most women prominent in both political parties, Mrs. Blair, who is petite with flashing black eyes and raven black hair has no fault to find with women Joining organizations outside of the political parties. “In my opinion,” she said, “there is a field for the non-partisan education of women and need” for a place where worn *n of all parties and shaded of belief may come together to discuss issues of particular Interest to women. In addition, of course, they should Join political parties and vote for* the righc candidates.” Mrs. Blair believes the greater leisure of American women will of itself bring a more highly cultivated element into our political life. “As it seems to be our theory to make

Why ViT'e, the tflea, Quit the Circus Business

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MRS S’HNEY SMALL.

She will represent Canada at the I’anAmerlcan Conference of Women to be held April 2M in Wasbingt' as wdll as at the national convention of the League of Women Voters to be held April 20 to 29 at Baltimore. * Though Mrs. Small is one of the first women in Canadian political life, she Is American born Her sisrer is Mrs. John Boyt of Washington and Mrs. Florence Kelley of New York la her aunt

work horses tis our men but to create a leisure class among women whose hus bauds arc busy earning money so they I can have maids, many high class men art; too occupied with their daily grind i to serve on ward or precinct comrnitttecs but their wives will find time. Thus we may gradually get their husbands In too. and a btugher conception of politics will result, especially in the smaller units llk< | cities and counties where more public interest is most needed.”—Copyright 1922, by Public Ledger Company. Red Cross Field Man Instructs in Lifesaving Work Commodore Wilbert E. Longfellow, field representative of the American Red Cross Life Saving Corps, visited Indianapolis today ns a special feature of the j Girl Scout campaign program. This afternoon lie Instructed Girl Scouts at the ! Y. W. C. A. in swimming and life saving j Tomorrow he will be guest of'honor at ! a luncheon at the Spink Arms given by the council and officers of the local Girl Scouts' organization and in the afternoon he will lecture at the Hollenbeck Hall, to which the public Is Invited. For several years Commodore LongI fellow was State .superintendent of the United States Volunteer Life Saving ; Corps and rose In 1909 to general superlnteudent. While In this office he organ i ized a World’s Life Saving Alliance for Women, and In 1914 he became national i field agent of the American Red Cross ; Life Saving,Corps. In this position he has visited every State In the Union and in 1920 he visited the Howalians and taught them the Red Cross methods of life saving On Ills return he Instructed in all the R. O. T. C. camps at the request of the War Department. Through tills work he organized the largest life saving corps In the world at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. FRAT DELEGATES GIVEN WELCOME Phi Epsilon Kappa Fraternity in Convention. !. Dr. Carl B. Spnth, grand president of Thl Epsilon Kappa Fraternity, called the first session af the second annual i convention of the fraternity to order at 3 o'clock thiß afternoon. Robert F.. ' Forbes, president of the local chapter, , welcomed the visiting delegates and new j officers. rr Hls evening at 6:30 o’clock the fra- ! temity will hold a banquet at the Athej naeuin at vhicb Dr. Sputh will act as : master of ceremonies and speeches will j be made by John Kelfer of Philadelphia, i Gilbert II Fredricks of Chicago, James |C. MacGowen of Chicago, Amil Rath, dean of the normal N. A. G. U„ and Ralph F. Forbes. The decorations for the banquet will be in black and gold, the fraternity colors, and the black and yellow daisy, the fraternity flower, will be used on the large ‘U” shaped table, symbolizing the open motto of the fraternity, “Unity.” Following the banquet, for which a pleasing program has been arranged, the delegates will adjourn .to the dancing floor where they will be the guests of the senior class of the Normal College.

ITS DIANA DAIL* TiMJhiS, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1922.

Mr. and Mr?. C. W. Eurgon, 246 South Emerson avenue, will return Sunday from Winter Garden, Fla., where they have been spending the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Young have had as their guest Mr. and Mrs. W. TANARUS/ Young of New Albany. • • • Mrs, J. D. Crankshaw, first vice regent of the State for the D. A. U., who has been the guost of Mrs. S. E. Perkins, returned to her home in the northern part of the State yesterday. . / • • * The board of the Woman's Department Club assisted by the patronesses of the Margot Asquith lecture, will give a tea lu honor of Mrs. Asquith Saturday afieruoon at 5 o’clock at the club rooms, Seventeenth and North Meridian street. Mrs. A. L. Pedlow will have charge of the tea tables, and the Girl Scouts will serve. * * * Mrs. W. J. Torrance of Evansville, president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs, will spend 'the week end in Indianapolis. She will attend the tea.given Saturday ufternoon at the Department Club in honor of Mrs. Margot Asquith. Dr. and Mrs. William H. Kennedy, 8831 North Delaware streett, will entertain with a dance at their home tonight, in honor of the house guests ol’ their son, William Kennedy. The guests are | Miss Martha McFadden and Miss Virj ginia Clark, Edmund Kenney and llich- ! ard Jones. * * * Mrs. E. H. K. McComb, 2115 North Alabama street, received informally this afternoon for her guests, Miss Virginia McComb of Chumbersburg, and Mrs. M. ;C. Woods of St. Louis. There were no : Invitations. ! The board members of the Harmonic Club were entertained with a luncheon by Mrs. Glen Friermood atul Mrs. James H. Lowry, at the horn*' of Mrs. Lowry, 3169 Park avenue. The home was beautifully decorated with Easter flowers and a large basket of Easter lilies adorned the center of the table. Covers were laid for twelve, Mrs, Frank Creagon, Mrs J. F Reid Steele, Mrs. John Lloyd Elliott, Mrs. Helen Warrum Chappell, Mrs. Clyde Tlius, Mrs. Charles Brookway. Miss Leona Wright, Mrs James A. Moag and Mrs. James Pearson. A students’ recital was glv'en at the Metropolitlan School of Music this afternoon In the Odeon Hall. There were piano, voice, violin and cornet numbers A one-uct play, “Fast Friends," was given by the Dramatic Club. Mrs. E. C. Johnson has been in Chicago for the* past few days giving the third of a series of concerts at the North Shore Hotel. She will return and give a solo at the Flower Show' next Friday afternoon.

Miss Margaret Malott White, whose marriage to John S. Loomis will take place April 4, will be the guest of honor at the following parties proceeding' her wedding, Monday, a luncheon given by Misses Mary and Eleanor Evans; Tues day, a luncheon for which Mrs. Frank Hamilton will be the hostess: Wednes day, a tea given by Mrs. W. W. Knight in honor of Miss White sod Miss Zelda Clevenger, another bride-elect: Thursday, a luncheon given by Mrs. Jacqueline S. Holloday and Miss Alice 11. Holliday; Friday Mrs Charles F. Mallard will entertain; Saturday Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson will give a tea; Monday, April 3, Mrs. Robert Lleber will give a luncheon, and In the evening Mrs. Woodburn Masson witl entertain the bridal party at dinner. • • • The II Jam'lle Club entertained 400 guests at a dance Thursday evening at the Prather Masonic Temple nail. Forty Second street and College avenue. The proceeds of the dance will be used to furnish one of the rooms In the new Mnsonlc School now under construction in Franhllus • • • Mrs. Henry Schumann, president of the Indiana Federation of Music Clubs, left yesterday for Nashville, Tenn., where she will attend a meeting of the board es directors of the National Federation of Music Clubs. • • • Miss Helen Huff Shell arrived this afternoon from Chicago, where she has boen attending Chicago University, to spend the Easter holidays with her pnrents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Shell, 2007 North Delaware street. Miss Naomi Baker will be the hostess at the annual spring party of the In die tin noils alumnae chapter of Veto Tau Alpha Saturday afternoon when the alumnae will entertain for the active chanter at Butler College. The chairmen of the committees fn charge of the program for the afternoon are Mrs. Duncan Reid, reception; Mrs. Rfluce Morrison, program; Mrs. Norris Stanley, music, and Miss Esther Heim, refreshments. Th> patronesses of the sorority, Mrs. Howard Jensen and Mrs. Wllmer Harris, will he guests of honor. • • • Miss Josephine Mr Alexander will arrive Saturday from Wellsley College to spend the Easter vacation wUh tier parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. O. McAlexander. • • • The Girls' Reserve of the Y. W. C. A. gave a Mother’s party last night, under the direction of Miss Ella McMillan and Miss Louts Ergott. Miss L'Ammedieg gavo a talk on “The Girl Guides of England,” which correspond to the Girls’ Reserve of the United Slates. Miss Gladys Malott gave a reading and a quartette composed of Miss Louise Ergott, Miss Francis Garthwnite, Miss Margaret Keene and Miss Erma Day, pang. Miss Dorothy Cnrothers gave a solo dance and a shadow play, directed by Miss Louise Ergott, was presented by Miss Jean Oliphnnt, Miss Dorothy Lafflln and Miss Rosemary Murray. Clubs asd Meetings The Druid degree team will give a card party at 14 West Ohio street Saturday evening at prizes will be offered. Kelola Council No. 70 will give a card party this evening at Moose Hall, Fountain Square. Prizes will be awarded.

BOYS AND GIRLS' CONFERENCE TO RUN THREE DA YS Central Christian Church to Be Scene of Tri-State Workers’ Session.

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MISS MARY VIRGINIA HOWARD. CLARENCE X WRIGHT.

The Marlon Older Boys’ and Girls' Conference will convene at the Central Christian Church, Walnut and Delaware streets, tonight. According to Mrs. E. A McKee, general secretary of the Marlon County Sunday School Association, 300 young people, leaders representing nearly every ills: riot and township In Marlon County, have registered for this conference. Two young people's Superintendents from Michigan and Kentucky will be the principal speakers at the conference. They are Miss Mary Virginia Howard, young people’s superintendent of Kentucky, and Clarence N. Wright, young people's superintendent of Michigan. The conference will continue for three days. The program follows: FRIDAY EVENING. Theme—'The King’s Highway." 7:3<> “Preparing for the Journey.” Presiding, C. G. Jacqnart, county people's division superintendent “Land Marks,” address by U'avne G. Miller “Whither Goest Thou?" address by Clarence >.', Wright SATURDAY MORNING. o:3o—Parallel scslons. Lucille Jow*s presiding over th girls' session and Merrill Talbert over the boys' session. 11:30 General session mid Song Service. “The Christ Way,” address by Mary Virginia Howard. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 1:80 --Parallel sessions. Mona Brown presiding at the gin’s session, and Allen White at the boys' session. 4 :80 —Conference picture. 6:Bo—Banquet st the Y W. C. A. Toastmaster, Lloyd Evans. Toasts: “Our Boys Who Go the Tlghway,” Brown. 1 “Our Gtrls Who Go the Highway,’ Allot! Knapp “Our Leaders Who Go tho Highway,” Alice Newman. "A Look Back,” address by Wayne G. Miller. Miss Dorothy H. Nordholt has charge of the banquet. SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 2:3o—“3’he Call of the Guido, address by Marv Ylrlgnla Howard and Clarence N. Wright. A FT ERMA TIICLUB HAS GUEST DAY The Aftermath Club entertained with a guest meeting yesterday afternoon nt tho home of Mrs. Joseph W. Capron, 24S West Forty-Sixth street. Baskets of taring flowers In which the club colors of lavender and white predominated, were arranged In the living room, while an attractive arrangement of red carnations was used in the dining room. Assisting Mrs. Capron were the following members of the club: Mrs. John F. Haines, Mrs. E. W. Warner, Mrs. O. T. Bebymor, Mrs. n. B. Von Grlmmensteln, Mrs. John Oxcnford, and Mrs. C. E. Weir. A feature of the program wns a series of living pictures protraying “A Dream of Fair Women,” presented under the direction of Mrs. 11. E. Von Grlmmensfeln. Those taking part In the pictures were: ilrs. ®** L. O'Malley os "Priscilla”; Mrs. O. E. Hemphill as “My Last Duchess”; Miss Caroline McGuire as “Annie Laurie"; Miss Hnlda Lawrence as “Faun Ltpplncut”; Mrs. J. F; Haines ns “Bride* of Other J'unejs"; Miss Helen Von Grlmmensteln as “Hawaiian Love Song”; Miss C. E. Weir as “Beckey Sharp”; Mrs. E. E. Hamilton as “Mother Machree”; Mrs. Harry Wilson as “Our nired Girl”; Miss Bernice Reagan as “Gypsy Love Song”; Mrs. Vt W. Woodward as "Foolish Yoting’uns,” assisted by Miss Helen Von Grlmmensteln, Miss Caroline McGuire and Miss Jeanette Waughtell; Miss Caroline McGuire as “My Low Backed Car”; Miss .Tennctfe Waughtell as “Jean of ’Seventeen,” and Mrs. V. W. Woodward as “Lovos Old Sweet Song.” The musical accompaniments were given by Mrs. Dougins White, pianist; Miss Reagan, violinist, and Mrs. O. T. Behymer, vocalist.

Prinppee nr By AUGUSTIN i rincets or W. BREEDEN Adventuress r r ■ ~i

An expedition planned to reopen an abandoned mine In the Interior of Mexico, Is being sent out by Henry Jarndyce, capitalist of New York. Richard Henry Gladney, young portrait painter, and cousin of Jarndyce, joins the group for the sake of adventure. Senora Trabajar, alleged princess, claims that the mine to bo worked by the Jarndyce Company really belongs to her by right of Inheritance and was wrongfully taken from her drad father. She accompanies the expedition In the expectation of taking possession. While making the trip from New Y’ork to A T cra Cruz exciting events take place. An attempt is made to destroy the mining machinery on board the vessel. Plots and intrigues are plentiful. Follow the story from here, CHAPTER Xl—Continued. All members of our party were invited there to dinner one tlrqe ,or another. Prothro and Barnette came, • but little Mora never did. He confided to me afterward thut he stayed away for- fear of being poisoned. It was during a little* tele a-lete across her tea table that I first learned why she had gone so far as she had with Nelson. It se< ins that her agent in New York had informed her that Jarndyce's cousin was sailing with our party, but Unit the agent himself had gotten tho names mixed up and represented Nelson as that cousiu. Ter the rest, she was a woman of mean and small soul, utterly ignoble, and Prothro and Barnette and i hail taught her all the dignity she knew. Things occurred In that house that I shall certainly not relate here; but I will say that I withstood every temptation, because 1 knew that a man once involved in an Intrigue with a LatinAmerican woman all too soon is plunged Into an abyss where he loses all sense of honor and self-respect. And 1 learned as the days went Dy thut Protho was not a man to be trifled with. My cduain Jarndyce was indeed a caliph, and Prothro was his satrap. He was absolutely Inplacable while beifig at the same time the justest man that ever dealt with a hard situation. As for little Mora, he was the diplomat of the party. Without him we could never have survived. We broke tho strike, as I have said, with the ragtag of the town, men so slow ami lazy and unskilful that they were hardly worth their feed. The white men who had remained with us were each put In the same superior capacity. Spinks was a skilled mechanic, and in a lesser sense so were Hathaway and McCarty; a man named Jones acted as timekeeper, and three more men were put in as gang foremen with good pay. Morn, besides being Barnette's diplomatic representative, was asistant engineer to I’rotbro, and I was promoted to Nelson's place as bookkeeper and cashier. With our new crew we transferred half olir load to the narrow gauge train, atul Hathaway and Mora, with the three foremen were left behind to continue the reloading while the rest of us got aboard tho train for the sliteen mile run up to Tlexlmal. As soon as we were outside the city limits Prothro and Barnette came along the train with Springfield rifles. “Know how to shoot from the hip?” he asked me as he handed me one. "You’d better not try to use that collarbone yet awhile.” He gave a rifle to each white man of the party. Then to my astonishment he set up a tripod machine gun qn top of a box car a little back of the locomotive, where It could be made to sweep the entire train and the right of way on each side. That road consists of 00 per cent of single loops, double loops, tunnels and switchbacks. There ere thlrten tunnels In tho sixteen miles, and at One point the road cau be seen four stories high, one track above the other. It gave me an Idea of the Importance of tho Yeta de Oro mine when I realized that Jarndyce had built the road to haul coaT and machinery and supplies up to the mine, and crude ore down. At the time of the strike of our men In Guanajuato there had also been a strlko of the ten employs on tbe road, and only the prompt punishment of our strikers had warned tbe others to go back to work. So precarious was the whole labor situation that the morning after the strike Prothro had sent Aguaros back to New York to explain the whole situation to Jarndyce and bring hack with him a sufficient number of dependable men to carry on tbe work.

Our train that day was only cine cars nnd a caboose In length on account of the shortness of dead ends of tbe first switchback. Blit heavily loaded with machinery nnd piping ns the cars were. It was all the little geared engine could do to pull them slowly up the long and curving grades. After two hours of climbing we made the run Into the first dead end of the switchback, and, having inspected the engines and brakes, backed slowly back and Into the second dead end. I thought I had seen wild and picturesque scenery, but t had never seen anything like that up there. We stopped for ten minutes In the second dead end, and then at a snail's pace and with panting engine and creaking flanges we started climbing up to the top of the pass deeply snow-fllled, even in July. I was standing on a flat car loaded with casings, and as no ambush had developed and no danger seemed to threaten at our slow pace, 1 had forgotten my business for the moment In the contemplation of the wild and wonderful landscape, when suddenly* I became aware that something was wrong. The train had stopped and was beginning to move slowly backward. I wondered if we could be In a second switchback. I’rothero had told me of only one on the near side of the pass. But, looking forward. I discovered the cause of our trouble- The locomotive was loose and was racing with all speed up the -grnde. 1 could have jumped to safety during the first moment before the train had gained speed in Its retrograde movement, but I was too busy watching .Prothro to think of my own welfare. He threw down his rifle and leaped to the machine gun. and the next minute Us sharp staccato was mingled with the

rapid exhaust of the flying engine. At the same moment I saw three men Jump —they were our three native brakemen. Barnette swung his rifle to cover one of them and began to fire. I tried to cover a second one, but he had jumped off on the outer side of the curve, and by this time the train was gaining so much speed and rocking bo violently that I fired to no purpose. Now every railroad man kaows shat the Westinghouse airbrake Is so rigged that the breaking loose of tho engine or the breaking of the train at any point will at once, by releasing the pressure in the train pipe and opening the cocks of the compressed air tanks under each car, snap on the brakes all along the line. On these mountain rqads the best type of brakes and the most modern safety devices are used; so I knew tWt our brakes should have snapped on at once had they not been skilfully juggled. Instead the shoes were hanging idle and our string of ears was gaining by leaps and bounds. “Here Is trickery,” I thought to myself. “This is plain murder!” It was too late to try to jump; so X imitated Bourke and Spinks, and using the barrel of my rifle for a lever, began to turn the brakewheel as far around as I could As for Prothra, he was raking every bunch of p#iol trees with his machine gun, apparently oblivious of our danger. Barnette drew out a long knife and knelt down as if to ent the train hose; but Prothro left off his firing and began to motion to him coolly not to do so. “Does he want us all killed?” X asked myself. Then I saw Prothro climb carefully down from the swaying boxcar and taka tbe knife from Barnette. “What’s the matter with ’em?" shouted McCarty, who had staggered to my side and stood holding on to me. “Don't they know we'U go to hell on the next curve?” I only shook my head. I could not in the least understand It, but I knew that whatever Prothro was doing It was the best for us all.

CHAPTER XII. A moment later McCarty and I had to lie down and cling desperately to the casings to stay upon the rocking car. "This is the end of a desperate adventure,” I : and then I saw Prothro's purpose. He was making a nice calculation of the momentum we were gaining and our chance to run to the first dead end of the switchback, which was a rather wide cut, with no sheet drop below as here and no curve whatsoever. In that moment I got anew idea of what a cool-headed man can do. At precisely the safest moment, as figured by the calculus of engineering, Prothro, with a swift, clean cut, severed the hose. Jt popped like a rifle. There was a jumbled wreck, which threw me against the upper wall of rock In the dead end. which hurt my shoulder for the third time. While I was trying to scramble to my feet I’rothro came running along the ground. j “Hurt?” he asked. [ "Not mucli." He rushed on, leaping over the wreckage. Barnette came behind him, and i I Cot my feet and raced after them, j "I think everything's good at this end; it was back by tbe caboose that they caught It.” We beard a faint, low moaning and scrambled through the wreckage as best we could. In a moment we were gathered around a pitiful object. It was Battling Bourke. He had tugged at his brake wheel to the last moment and had been thrown beneath the wreckage. His legs were ail but severed from his body. Prothro knelt above him and gave him some brandy from a bottle be had In his pocket. I “Prothro." murmured the dying man, '“I know about Sife " “Tell me, Bourke, old man, what about i Slfert ?” j "Slfert and Serino—killed—that—go-be- ; tween ?” j “Killed 'im? When? Where?” “Night of the storm—throwed him overboard—l saw ’em.’ 1 ! “But Bourke, why didn’t yon tell us before?” ! “I was scared o’ them—they’d ha' stuck me . Is that the bell? Hey, help me up. Don't let ’em count me out 1” “He thinks he’s In the prize ring," said Barnette In a husky voice. A moment iaier the man was dead. “Good man," said I’rothro, solemnly. Every man present removed his hat. ” ’E wos a good man," said Spinks, j “Anybody need my attention? Any broken bones?” asked Prothro briskly. Every one • had been pretty severely Jolted up, but there were no more serii ous hurts than my little hurt and a : couple of sprained ankles. Two men were left with the dead, while McCarty, Barnette, Prothro and I started back over the track, rifles In hand, to look for any man, able-bodied, wounded, or dead, that might need our attention. We found one man, a Mexican brakeman. He was dead, with three clean holes through his body. ‘‘Retributive justice,” muttered • Prothro grimly; and I wondered how K felt for one to know that he had killed a man even In a righteous cause. We walked on till we came to the snow banks at the top of the grade where the track entered the longest of all the i funnels, and there we found the locomo- j tlve brought to a standstill and aban- j doned. Why the engineer and fireman—the eonducter was also In the cab —abandoned It there instead of staying on and running down the grade on the other side I have never learned. It may be tiiat they were lying in ambush for us in the tunnel. None of them were wounded, evidently, for although there were many bullet marks about the cab and tender, there was no blood about anywhere. “Do we follow them ?” asked Barnette, who was spoiling for a fight. (To Be Continued.)

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The Hoopers Tell How Five Live on a Limited Income (The Hoopers, an average American family of five, will tell the readers of the Dally Times how the many present-day problems of the home are solved by working on tho budget that Mrs. Hooper has evolved and found practical. Follow them dally in an interesting review of their homo life and learn to meet the conditions of the high cost of living with them.) FRIDAY. “I must get these cards tonight,” said Mrs. Hooper as she moved the lamp over to a corner of the table so she could s_ee to work while Henry could share the light to read by while she was busy. • “Are you working' on that card file 3 - et.'” asked Henry. “I thought you finished it Wednesday night. It seems to me as if you had records enough for a detective instead of the ordinary data assembled by a housewife.” “But the ordinary housewife doesn't assemble her data this way,” answered Mrs. Hooper pretending not to notice ! Henry's comment on her labors, j “Well, what are you gathering together j tonight from all those note books and | old bills and scraps of paper." ! "It will certainly be a blessing when j these items are copied from all the ' places they have been written and put ; neatiy away in my file. I didn't know I i bad such a mass of note books and pa- | pers.” “But why preserve al] those records Mary, I can't see for the life of me. Now what’s that for instance.” “You really don’t deserve to be told anything about this plan or be permitted to see how much time and patience It takes to make this file," said Mrs. Hooper as she bent over her cards. “The better j way would be to let you discover somei time, how much easier It is to find some i information that you need, than to have ! to search all over the house for it.” ! “I’ve granted that long ago,” replied ; Henry, "but why so much is what 4'm asking now. I see quite clearly why tbe 1 indexes you have made for accounts and the health cards and those house records you made Wednesday night, but I can't see what else there Is to add.” t “Oh, much," said Mrs. Hooper sagely, j "In order to have our household history ; complete,' all that I am doing is abso- , lutely necessary. Now this record that I'm beginning is the ‘sheets, pillowcases, bedding and table linen.’ It is a great deal easier to keep track of all those various articles here on a set of cards than to be eternally going through the linen closets and drawers counting things. Now I leave It to you If it isn’t.” “Why, I should say It certainly was,” answered Henry, smiling. “Now,” resumed Mrs. Hooper, “I put on this card everything about the sheets, the number I have, the size, the date on which they were bought and the date that I tear them up for old rags. Also the price I paid for them and where I bought them." “But why all that Information,” asked Henry, curiously. “For all practical purposes all you need to know Is how many sheets you have and what sizes they are so jou can tell when to buy new ones.” “On the contrary I want to know how much I paid for them so I can compare prices when I buy new ones,” answered Mrs. Hooper. “Also I want to know how long they lasted and where I bought them. If they.have worn badly why buy the same grade or patronize the same shon again ?” “I am answered," laughed Henry, “that Is certainly gVid logic. What will thei next set of card be. I see you bavsfl others.” ■ “This one is to be bended House Fur-1 nishings. Costs and on the separate In this compartment I'll put the price of everything we buy for this house and by going through all my old books I can find the prices of nearly every thing we own at Mayfield.” “That data won’t be much use will It?" asked Henry. “It will only be a guide to future buying.” answered Mrs. Hooper. "But this next set that has recorded the cost and date of all repairs that we make to this place is rather Important. Then In this compartment, too. I'll keep tbe addresses and telephone numbers of the stores and supply equipment places that I find are the most desirable In Indianapollp.” “That ends It then does It?” Inquired Henry. "Yes, that completes my household file, which I will set up on the shelf next to my house accounts file. But, yon see, I shall have to devise some sort of file to take care of these bills and receipts and all these clippings that I have accumulated on various household subjects.”

REGARD HIGH TAX HOME DETRIMENT Original South Side Women's Club Opposes Neic Offices. The Original South Side Women's Club met Wednesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. M. L. Reiffcl, 1119 Dawson street. There was a resolution passed for prohibiting the creation of new public offices, and the demand for the elimination of unnecessary help in the present offices, this to apply to all public offices of the city, township, county and State. The women contend the high tax rate Is undermining the home; is responsible for the decreasing of wages and the continuance of High rent. For this reason the workingman, who is the backbone of the country, has been compelled to rear his family in one room, which is contrary to the Constitution of the United States, that every man, woman and ,ehild has n right to life, liberty and happiness. A committee was appointed to visit the Governor and the mayor to ask thaj something be done regarding the high* rate of taxation. The club will give a benefit tea at a date which will be announced later for the benefit of the Fauntleroy Home. Gamma Pledges of Kappa Alpha Theta Plan to En tertain The Pledges* of the Gamma Chapter of the Kappa Algha Theta Sorority of Butler College will entertain the active members of the sorority with a dance at the Woman’s Department Club, 1702 North Meridian street, tomorrow night. The club will be beautifully decorated with spring flowers and the sorority colors. The chairman of the arrangements committee !s Miss Irene Seul, assisted by Misses Ruth Fromm. Elizabeth Barterman, Anne C. Gardner and Tatcla Carver. Representatives from the other chapters of the State have been invited Miss Kathleen Ranson, Frankfort; Miss Eleanor Carpenter, Bloomington, and Miss Olive Stants, Seymour. The chaperons for the dance are Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Aley, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Atherton, Mrs. Eliza Tarkington Brigham, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dyer and Mr. and Mrs. James Murray. FOR FERNS. Weak tea is excellent as a substitute for water for your fern. This should be used about once a week. MIST MATCH. Cigaret holders which match their frocks are the latest thing for feminine smokers. .